Curious Facts in the History of Insects; Including Spiders and Scorpions. / A Complete Collection of the Legends, Superstitions, Beliefs, and Ominous Signs Connected with Insects; Together with Their Uses in Medicine, Art, and as Food; and a Summary of Their Remarkable Injuries and Appearances.

by Frank Cowan

[887.] Jaeger, Life of N. A. Ins., p. 73.

[888.] Ins. of China, p. 30. That the Lantern-fly emits no light, see Dict. d’Hist. Nat.; M. Richards’ statement in Encyclop., art. Fulgora; Berlin Mag., i. 153; Kirby and Spence, Introd., ii. 414, note; Jaeger, qua supra.

[889.] Stedman, Surinam, ii. 37.

[890.] Hist. of Barbados, p. 65.

[891.] Nat. Hist., xi. 12. Holl. Trans., i. 315. E.

[892.] Theoph. Hist. Plant., iii. 7, 6. Cf. Hes. Opp. et Dies, 232, seq. and Bacon, Syl. Sylvarum, 496.

[893.] St. John’s Anct. Greeks, ii. 299.

[894.] B. 3, c. xvi. p. 278. Printed 1613.

[895.] Nat. Hist. of Selborne, p. 366.

[896.] K. and S. Introd., ii. 9.